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IT leaders uplift women to fill tech talent gaps

CIO

As companies scramble to find qualified IT talent, they are struggling to achieve greater female representation in their technology ranks, particularly in key areas such as software engineering and cybersecurity. There’s a stereotype of what security looks like, but the technical stuff is the easiest to pick up,” Lee says.

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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

CIO

The technology talent gap continues to inflate labor costs, too, despite big layoffs in high tech, CIOs say, and they’ve seen double-digit increases in SaaS and cloud costs over the last two years. While inflation challenges have moderated in the US from a high of 9.1% in June, 2022, to 3.7% Here’s how.

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4 ways upskilling and reskilling can fill hard-to-hire positions

CIO

Looking for existing staff with transferable skills, hidden skills, technical learnability, and hidden knowledge can bring these potential employees into focus. Within IT, this could mean finding workers to do programing, testing, cybersecurity, operations, project management, or other similar tasks.

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Building Future-Ready Tech Teams

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

The ever-increasing skills gap is the bane of IT leaders who aim to build future-ready tech teams. Hiring their way out of this problem is not an option, say recruiters. Flexible, scalable, and innovative teams are the future of tech. Hough, Founder of Airblock Technologies . – Brian H. Soft skills.

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Code Review Services from Senior Architects

Mobilunity

This kind of code is critical for your end product, and it’s unattainable without professional source code review services. From this article, you’ll learn how to employ a code reviewer or hire QA tester. So reviewers analyze the final code before deployment to find bugs, inconsistencies, and other issues.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Blame it on “security” or “compliance” Make sure every task is tracked in a task tracker and has been reviewed, prioritized, and signed off by a group of at least five people. What are some things you can do? Blame the previous CTO.

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How to Hire Great Software Engineers – Standards, Tips & More

The Crazy Programmer

Software engineering is one of the most sought-after careers in the current labor market in today’s world of digital transformation and technological advancement, where the demand for specialized technical skills is constantly increasing, and the need for developing custom software solutions flourishes.